drift closely

This was actually written on July 1, 2009 @4:03AM.
I definitely want to keep my journal here filled with handmade things (versus the personal stuff), but I just wanted to post an update on my situation.
I’m currently in Taipei right now. I left on Sunday, the 28th, to go to the airport at 6AM. [...]

I’ve been on a kick sewing these hobo lunch sacks. The pattern and tutorial is from Sewing Notions. They’re definitely inspired by furoshiki cloths, but they can’t be used as a placemat because they’re sewn. I’m okay with that, though. ;)
This is so simple and easy to make. Sewing Notions provided [...]

One of my crafting buddies Grace @GraceElaine.com has made an adorable felt sandwich pattern.
The best part? It’s FREE!
Go here to pick up the pattern, and visit her! She makes beautiful things, is fun to read, and has the sweetest dog ever who makes me buckle at my knees. :D

Picture is taken by Grace. [...]

I cooked a lot this past week! :D
I was pretty hungry one night, so I decided to make myself a pizza. A variation on this. Isa has an amaaaazing pizza crust recipe in Vegan with a Vengeance, and it’s very easy to make. I made the crust, let it rise a second [...]

I can never remember the name of these, but they are sooooo good. My brother and I did some baking last night, and we made these coffee cupcakes. The filling is made with agar agar. It’s sweet but not too sweet and tastes like fancy coffee ice cream! :D The cake [...]

This weekend, I sewed up a storm (okay, maybe it was a small storm :D) and made myself a bag. Now, I’ve always felt incredibly insecure when it came to my stitches, but more recently, I’ve been feeling a lot more confident.
I’m also leaning towards making useful things. I love plushies and embroidery, [...]

I’m really unhappy with my attempts at making this bag. The handles are just awful. I honestly don’t understand how people are able to get the cut-outs to lie flat. I have pressed the damned handles innumerable times to get them to lie flat, but they absolutely will not. Plus, the [...]

Yesterday at work, we had a potluck to bid farewell to one of our co-workers, LeAnna. LeAnna is one of my closest friends at work, and I will seriously miss her. :( I do wish her the best as she’s moving to a better city, will be with her boyfriend, and will be [...]

The USB ports on my brother’s computer now work. *sigh* Computer problems… Getting verrrrry sick and tired of them.
Anyway, here’s a scotty dog that I made this past weekend:

I’ve seen this pattern floating around on the internet, but no one who’s used it has cited its source which, if you ask me, [...]

I am having some serious computer issues, USB ports aside. I am spitting out profanity left and right, but I’ll keep it out of this post.
It all started with USB ports. I get a little pop up saying that there was a power surge and that to reenable this port, I will need [...]